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  • Police seek missing Skippack college student

    Police are searching for a Skippack college student who, they say, vanished in the wee hours of the morning on Friday while driving home from the University of Rhode Island. Matthew Royer, 21, was last seen on a security camera at a gas station on Route 100 at 2:05 a.m. Friday. He had been traveling home from school and had turned in his apartment keys to a realtor before leaving town for the ...

  • Flyers Erik Gustafsson leads Sweden towards Gold

    Flyers defenseman Erik Gustafsson has been busy during the offseason playing for his native Sweden in the IIHF’s World Championship. Sweden took on the undefeated Swiss in the gold medal round on Sunday in Sweden. It was the Swiss team’s first time ever going to the gold medal game. Sweden, who has won gold eight times before, did not hold back as they routed the Swiss 5-1. ...

  • Phillies Brown recognizes Powerball-winning store

    Phillies outfielder Domonic Brown is plenty familiar with the Florida store that sold this weekend's huge Powerball-winning ticket. (Yong Kim/Staff ...

  • Powerball-Winning Store In Dom Brown’s Hometown

    Brown says he has shopped at the Publix supermarket where the winning numbers were sold. The winner has not yet come forward to claim the prize, and Brown says he plans to phone relatives in his hometown to get some updates. Zephyrhills has a population of around 13,000 and is about 30 miles northeast of Tampa. ';I just heard it this morning, it’s pretty cool,'; Brown said Sunday ...

  • Phillies’ Ruiz Howard Set For MRIs

    PHILADELPHIA, PA – MAY 19: Carlos Ruiz #51 of the Philadelphia Phillies is seen by a trainer at third base in the second inning of the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Citizens Bank Park on May 19, 2013 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Credit: Brian Garfinkel/Getty ...


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Movie Review

Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne) [DVD]

Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne) [DVD]

Robert Bressons Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un cur de campagne) is a film about anguish, both physical and spiritual. Like so many of Bressons films, it features a central protagonist who is adrift in a difficult and painful world, searching for grace and finding only cynicism, mistrust, and rejection. The harsh realities unearthed in the film are obvious, but Bresson conve ... ...

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  • South Philadelphia Salutes Alumnus Who Served In 3 Wars

    – South Philadelphia High School alumni welcomed a former Tuskegee airman into its Hall of Fame Sunday. George Hardy didn’t sing at the Met, or appear on American bandstand, but he flew more than 100 combat missions, serving in three wars, and breaking the Air Force color barrier as the first African American assigned to the B-29 group on Guam in ...

  • Phila. police hunt for suspects in two shootings

    Two people were killed in separate shootings during the weekend, police said. A 22-year-old man was shot once in the chest and once in the back about 7:20 p.m. Friday in the 2700 block of West Jefferson Street, in North Philadelphia. He was pronouncded dead just after 8 p.m. at Hahnemann University Hospital. No arrest had been made as of Saturday night, and the police have not identified he ...

  • Union protests Temple hospital over arbitration dispute

    The leader of the union that represents healthcare employees at Temple University Hospital on Sunday threatened a strike over an arbitration dispute involving a terminated employee accused of sexual harassment. "We're prepared to shut it down," said Henry Nicholas, the president of AFSCME's District 1199C, which represents hospital employees across the city. There's ...

  • Phils shock Reds with homers by Kratz and Galvis in 9th

    Freddy Galvis leaps into a pile of his Phillies teammates after hitting a walkoff home run against the Reds on Sunday. (David Maialetti/Staff ...

  • Man Allegedly Exposed Himself While Asking for Directions

    Police say 31-year-old Charles Word pulled his car over asked the woman for directions. When the woman approached the car and looked inside, police say Word’s pants were down and he exposed ...

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